Conestoga news

November 2019 archives

November 27, 2019
Engineering students to test skills at national toboggan race

Students in Conestoga’s School of Engineering & Technology will compete in the Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race (GNCTR) as the...


November 22, 2019
Alumni night celebrates graduate success

Close to 100 alumni from Conestoga’s Bachelor of Applied Technology - Architecture - Project & Facility Management (APFM) program gathered...


November 21, 2019
Conestoga entrepreneur uses co-op to launch startup

A co-op work term helped Christina Vanderkooy embrace her entrepreneurial spirit. The 2019 IT Innovation and Design graduate launched a...


November 20, 2019
Conestoga to develop showcase facility for trades education

Local politicians, industry partners and friends of Conestoga joined college employees at a special event on Tuesday, November 19 where...


November 19, 2019
Conestoga welcomes CNC educator network

The Conestoga community welcomed the Haas Technical Education Center (HTEC) Network on October 25 for the Ontario Canada HTEC CNC...


November 18, 2019
Supply chain research centre celebrates second anniversary

A celebration held at the John W. Tibbits campus in Waterloo on November 7 recognized the second anniversary of Conestoga’s...


November 17, 2019
Conestoga graduates nominated for Premier's Awards

Seven Conestoga alumni are among the nearly 120 Ontario college graduates who have been nominated for Premier’s Awards this year....


November 15, 2019
Conestoga ranked among Canada's top research colleges

The growing scope and impact of Conestoga’s applied research activity have placed the college in the top tier of Canada’s...


November 14, 2019
Dragons' Den star shares insights with student entrepreneurs

Conestoga Students Inc. (CSI) welcomed business mogul Bruce Croxon to the college’s Doon campus on November 6 for an evening...


November 11, 2019
Alumni of Distinction honoured at awards ceremony

Eight of Conestoga’s outstanding alumni were recognized for their contributions to their professions and their community at the college’s Alumni...


November 11, 2019
Workshop highlights best practice guidelines

Conestoga's School of Health & Life Sciences hosted the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO)'s Best Practice Champions Workshop on...


November 11, 2019
TradeUcation welcomes school board representatives

Conestoga hosted its first TradeUcation event at the John W. Tibbits campus in Waterloo on October 23 where teachers, guidance...


November 11, 2019
Language classes connect newcomers to government services

As part of their government services learning module, students in Conestoga’s Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) classes recently...


November 8, 2019
CSI creative team receives national design award

Two Conestoga graduates are behind a design project that earned Conestoga Students Inc. (CSI) an In-House Design Award from the...


November 8, 2019
Ontario invests in pre-apprenticeship training

Cambridge MPP Belinda Karahalios visited Conestoga’s Fountain Street campus in Cambridge on Friday, November 8 to announce an investment of...


November 7, 2019
Conestoga celebrates 2019 United Way Campaign launch

The Conestoga community celebrated the launch of the college’s 2019 United Way Campaign on November 4 with a travelling awareness...


November 5, 2019
Conestoga researcher to present at international e-waste conference

Dr. Hamid Karbasi has been invited to participate in an international discussion in Frankfurt, Germany, around advanced technologies, recycling systems,...


November 1, 2019
President's committee to establish mental health strategy

Conestoga’s Student Mental Health Strategy team has completed initial stages in developing actionable priorities to help optimize student learning and...